...when I bitched about the school district causing a fuss because Callan was a DAY early getting his Hepatitis B shot? And that I was making arrangements to get his Hep B redone after the New Year because of Aetna being a douche about paying for well-child visits and innoculations in the past? And that the school was constantly calling us about ( Read more... )

Five Three and a half hours at the annual OVES Book Fair, from midday to breakdown. At this event, I had a number of interesting things happen to me, to wit:

1. I encountered a real, live Birther in the flesh. Previously I had thought such individuals were solely the province of a particularly batshit insane and increasingly marginal breed of far ( Read more... )

Thanks for the well-wishes everybody.

No, Callan did not see this boy reading Twilight and punched him in the head to spare him more intellectual harm. Though it would have been amusing if he had.

Rather it was apparently another installment in an on-going saga with this one kid on the bus -- his assigned seat-partner in fact. Callan reported to us ( Read more... )

Just got a call from the mate, who just got a call from the school.

Callan punched another kid in the eye today.

He's officially starting all-day Kindergarten with special sessions with the guidance counselor on Monday.

::sigh::

So!

Earlier this month, Tony and I went to a meeting at Callan's school because he -- on the third day, mind you -- hit the teacher's aide lightly on the arm and attempted to lick her. At that meeting -- with the principal, the vice principal, the school guidance counselor, and his teacher -- they gave us the spiel about how there are no bad kids ( Read more... )

I was just telling the whole office and everybody who called to ask how well Callan was doing at school.

I just got a call.

From his principal.

He hit his teacher this morning.

We're seeing her and the guidance counselor next Wednesday for a meeting on "making him as successful as he can be!"

::rubs eyes::